Friday, September 21, 2012

Elladan and Elrohir

﻿﻿ Elladan and Elrohir were the elder twin brothers of Arwen. They were so similar that few could tell them apart. That is why I followed the same colour scheme for both of them. I painted their hair dark brown and their clothes purple and blue. I think, the final result is more or less ok. They look like real twins! In the new LotR SBG system you buy them as a pair. One is the Captain of the warband, while the other is one of his twelve followers. To my eye, the one who holds the large Elven blade with both hands, has to be the Captain. The eagle-eye-visitors may have noticed that the other one holds a shorter blade with his right hand. I gave him this weapon because the original one was broken and the blade was missed. I don't complain, I bought them half price for that!

Back in the day when these sculpts were first released, we used to call them the "monkey twins" due to their long arms and large hands. Despite the unrealistic proportions, I've always been rather partial to the sculpts myself. I have not painted mine yet (they've been in the queue for almost eight years now) but after seeing your color scheme, I'm tempted to bring them out of retirement and get started. Thanks for the inspiration! It's nice to see a blog focused on LotR still active.